SCALE REFERENCE

F♯ Neapolitan Minor

F♯ – G – A – B – C♯ – D – E♯1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 7

Harmonic minor with a flat 2nd — a dark minor scale with a strong leading tone.

Notes & degrees
F♯1Gb2Ab3B4C♯5Db6E♯7
NotesF#, G, A, B, C#, D, E#
Steps1 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
GABDE♯F♯C♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eE♯F♯GABC♯DBBC♯DE♯F♯GABGGABC♯DE♯F♯GDDE♯F♯GABC♯DAABC♯DE♯F♯GAEE♯F♯GABC♯D

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AABC♯DE♯F♯GAEE♯F♯GABC♯DCC♯DE♯F♯GABGGABC♯DE♯F♯G

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iF♯mF♯m(maj7)
♭IIGGmaj7
♭III+AaugA7♯5
ivBmBm7
VC♯C♯?
♭VIDDmaj7
VIIE♯E♯?

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

iF♯m♭IIG♭III+AaugivBmVC♯♭VIDVIIE♯
Other scales on F♯

Core scales & modes

F♯ MajorF♯ Natural MinorF♯ Harmonic MinorF♯ Melodic MinorF♯ DorianF♯ PhrygianF♯ LydianF♯ MixolydianF♯ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

F♯ Major PentatonicF♯ Minor PentatonicF♯ BluesF♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

F♯ Harmonic MajorF♯ Phrygian DominantF♯ Lydian DominantF♯ AlteredF♯ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

F♯ Whole ToneF♯ Diminished (Whole–Half)F♯ Diminished (Half–Whole)F♯ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

F♯ Hungarian MinorF♯ Double Harmonic Major
Neapolitan Minor on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.